Introduction In this article, I am going to critique Richard Hanania’s A Psychological Theory of the Culture War . This will also serve to debunk a recent podcast appearance of his titled How Status Competition Created the Culture War . I have identified what I believe are a number of issues with his case, starting with the “culture war” framing he uses in the title. In short, the term “culture war” only references what I have termed type I controversies, which are allowed controversies. Type II and type III controversies, disallowed and internalized controversies, are left out of the discussion. It is not surprising that Hanania does this; a deeper issue with his article is that h
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